Since beating arch-rival Arizona State on Nov. 28, 2014 to win the Pac-12's South Division -- widely considered the deepest division in college football at the time -- Arizona is just 7-8. That record includes a 3-7 mark against conference teams.
That's a big reason that coach Rich Rodriguez overhauled his defensive staff this offseason, dispatching a veteran crew led by 55-year-old Jeff Casteel and replacing it with a younger group led by 38-year-old Marcel Yates.
That's a big reason there's some chatter that two-year QB starter Anu Solomon might face a challenge from redshirt sophomore Brandon Dawkins this spring.